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Human Rights - Brazil - Slave labor scandal touches carmakers
A hidden injustice - Brazilian supplier of charcoal being probedWashington,DC,USA -The Detroit News, by David Shepardson /Bloomberg News -3 Nov 206: -- Ford Motor Co. said Thursday that it stopped buying pig iron from an Illinois company after a news organization found that a Brazilian supplier of charcoal needed to make the raw iron used slave labor... In addition, General Motors Corp., DaimlerChrysler AG's Chrysler Group, Toyota Motor Corp. and other automakers and suppliers are re-examining their supply chain in the wake of the findings, which were outlined Thursday in a 6,800-word story... (Photo by Claudio Perez / Bloomberg News - A worker shovels charcoal at a Tucurui, Brazil camp. "I would leave if I could," says Alexandre Pereira dos Reis, who works at the camp)
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